Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Main article: Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics

The following is about the qualification rules and allocation of spots for the figure skating events at the 2026 Winter Olympics. ^[1]

Qualification system

A total of 142 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 18 athletes can be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of 9 men or 9 women. There is also an "Additional Athletes Quota" which allows up to a maximum of 5 more total skaters, bringing the potential total to 147. The host (Italy) is the priority for these additional places so that if they have met minimum standards they may have an entry in each event, other than the team event. If unused, these five quotas can be used to qualify nations for the team event if they only need an entry in one more discipline. ^[1]

Skater qualification

There is no individual athlete qualification to the Olympics; the choice of which athlete(s) to send to the Games is at the discretion of each country's National Olympic Committee. Each country is allowed a maximum of three entries per discipline, resulting in a maximum of 18 athletes (nine men and nine women) possible per country.

According to ISU rules, countries must select their entries from among skaters who have achieved a minimum combined total technical elements score (TES) at an ISU-recognized international competition on or before 26 January 2026. ^[1]

Country qualification

The number of entries for the figure skating events at the Olympic Games is limited by a quota set by the International Olympic Committee. A total of 142 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. There will be 29 skaters each in the disciplines of men's and women's singles, 19 pair skating teams, and 23 ice dance teams. Additionally, ten nations qualify for the team event.

Countries will be able to qualify entries to the 2026 Winter Olympics in two ways. Most spots are allocated based on the results of the 2025 World Championships. At the event, countries will be able to qualify up to three entries in each discipline according to the following system which differs slightly from the qualification to the 2026 World Championships. According to ISU rule 400, nations cannot directly qualify more quotas than are entered, and only entries that perform in the free skate are considered. ^[2] Every discipline qualifies independently.

At the World Championships, the system is as follows:

Number of skaters/teams in free skate at Worlds	To earn 3 entries directly to the Olympics	To earn 2 entries directly to the Olympics	To earn 1 extra entry to September qualifying competition	To earn 1 entry directly to the Olympics
1			Finish in top ten [a]	Be ranked high enough among single entries within qualifying limits of competition
2		Total placements is equal to or less than 28	Total placements is equal to or less than 13
3	Top two placements is equal to or less than 13	Top two placements is equal to or less than 28

• According to the ISU's Rule 378(2), any competitor who qualified for the free program received a maximum placement score of 16, and any competitor who failed to qualify for the free program received a maximum placement score of 18. ^[2]

1. NOC could also have a second skater not in the free skate where the placement total does not exceed 28.

Qualification spots available per tournament

The results of the 2025 World Championships will determine 83 total spots: 24 entries in each singles discipline, 16 in pairs, and 19 in ice dance. The available spots will be award going down the results list, with multiple spots being awarded first.

The remainder of the spots will be filled at an ISU Qualifying Competition in Beijing, China in late September 2025. Countries that had already earned an entry to the Olympics will not be allowed to qualify additional entries at this final qualifying competition. However, if a country earned two or three spots at the World Championships, but did not have two or three skaters, respectively, qualify for the free skate, then they were allowed to send a skater who did not reach the free segment at World Championships to the competition to qualify the remaining spot(s). Unlike at the World Championships, where countries could qualify more than one spot depending on the placement of their skater(s), at the Qualifying Competition, countries could earn only one spot per discipline, regardless of ranking. The ISU has decided that skaters from Russia and Belarus can qualify as Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN), and only from the final qualifying competition. Accordingly they will only be able to qualify one quota per discipline and will not be eligible for the team trophy. ^[3]

If a country declines to use one or more of its qualified spots, the vacated spot is awarded using the results of the ISU competition in descending order of placement.

For the team trophy, scores from the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships and the 2025–26 Grand Prix season, will be tabulated to establish the ten top nations. Each nation compiles a score from their top performers in each of the four disciplines. The Grand Prix Final, taking place in early December 2025, will be the final event to affect the Team Trophy score.

Qualification timeline

Event	Date	Venue
2025 World Figure Skating Championships	26–30 March 2025	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
ISU Qualifying Competition	17–21 September 2025	Beijing, China

Qualified countries

Nations	Men's singles	Women's singles	Pairs	Ice dance	Additional	Team event	Athlete(s)
Australia			1				2
Austria		1					1
Azerbaijan	1						1
Belgium		1					1
Bulgaria		1					1
Canada	1	1	2	3			12
China	1						1
Czech Republic				2			4
Estonia	1	1					2
Finland		1		2			5
France	2	1		2			7
Georgia	1		1	1			5
Germany			2	1			6
Great Britain		1	1	2			7
Hungary			1				2
Israel		1					1
Italy	2	1	2	1			9
Japan	3	3	1				8
Kazakhstan	1	1					2
Latvia	2						2
Lithuania		1					1
Netherlands			1				2
Poland	1	1	1				4
Romania		1					1
Slovakia	1						1
South Korea	1	2		1			5
Spain	1			1			3
Sweden	1						1
Switzerland	1	2					3
United States	3	3	2	3			16
Uzbekistan			1				2
Total: 30 NOCs	24	24	16	19	0	0	118

Qualification summary

Men's singles

Event	Location	Athletes per NOC	Qualified	Total
2025 World Championships	Boston	3	United States   Japan	24
		2	France [a]   Italy   Latvia
		1	Kazakhstan [a]   South Korea [a]   Georgia [a]   Switzerland   Canada   Azerbaijan   Slovakia   Sweden   China   Estonia   Spain   Poland
ISU Qualifying Competition	Beijing	1		5
Total				29

1. Can also enter a skater in the ISU Qualifying Competition

Women's singles

Event	Location	Athletes per NOC	Qualified	Total
2025 World Championships	Boston	3	United States   Japan	24
		2	South Korea   Switzerland
		1	Belgium [a]   Estonia [a]   Canada   Italy   Kazakhstan   France   Israel   Austria   Finland   Romania   Poland   Bulgaria   Great Britain   Lithuania
ISU Qualifying Competition	Beijing	1		5
Total				29

1. Can also enter a skater in the ISU Qualifying Competition

Pairs

Event	Location	Pairs per NOC	Qualified	Total
2025 World Championships	Boston	3	—	16
		2	Canada   Italy   Germany   United States [a]
		1	Japan [a]   Georgia [a]   Australia [a]   Hungary [a]   Uzbekistan [a]   Great Britain   Poland   Netherlands
ISU Qualifying Competition	Beijing	1		3
Total				19

1. Can also enter a pairs team in the ISU Qualifying Competition

Ice dance

Event	Location	Pairs per NOC	Qualified	Total
2025 World Championships	Boston	3	Canada   United States	19
		2	Czech Republic   Finland   France   Great Britain
		1	Italy [a]   Spain [a]   Georgia [a]   Germany   South Korea
ISU Qualifying Competition	Beijing	1		4
Total				23

1. Can also enter a pair in the ISU Qualifying Competition

Team event

Qualified to Olympics

Obtained entries for at least 3 disciplines

Obtained entries for 2 disciplines

Obtained entries for 1 discipline

not yet obtained any entry

Rank	Team	2024–25	2025–26	Total
1	United States	4309
2	Japan	3654
3	Italy	2651
4	Georgia	2613
5	Canada	2590
6	France	2086
7	Kazakhstan	1622
8	Germany	1593
8	Great Britain	1593
10	South Korea	1355
11	China	1090
12	Switzerland	1073
13	Australia	1031
14	Spain	974
15	Hungary	951
16	Finland	872
17	Belgium	867
18	Ukraine	760
19	Estonia	754
20	Slovakia	614
21	Lithuania	602
22	Czech Republic	586
23	Poland	585
24	Sweden	534
25	Latvia	520

• Note only the top 25 are listed who have scored qualification points.
• 2024–25 total is the sum of the top qualifying point total in each of the four disciplines derived from the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships. ^[1]
• 2025–26 total is the sum of the top qualifying point total in each of the four disciplines derived from one of the 2025–26 ISU Grand Prix individual events or Grand Prix Final.
  If Skaters/Couples of a NOC/ISU Member have not obtained points in the aforementioned ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating individual events and Final, then the best result in one event of the 2025–26 ISU Junior Grand Prix individual events (only in individual events, but not the Junior Grand Prix Final) season 2025/26 can be considered. ^[1]
• For a nation to be represented in the team event it must have qualified entrants in at least three of the four disciplines. The host (Italy) can qualify a spot in each discipline as host. ^[1] For 2026, Italy has qualified for at least 1 quota spot in all four disciplines.

Next eligible NOC per event

If a country rejects a quota spot then additional quotas become available. A country can be eligible for one quota spot per event in the reallocation process. Countries in bold indicate the country later received a quota spot. The following list is compiled after the remaining spots were allocated at the ISU Qualifying Competition.

Men's singles	Women's singles	Pairs	Ice dance	Team event
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References

1. "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM - XXV OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES - MILANO CORTINA 2026" (PDF). International Skating Union. January 29, 2025.
2. "International Skating Union: Special Regulations & Technical Rules – Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance 2024" (PDF). International Skating Union. November 2024.
3. "ISU decision concerning the participation of limited number of Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) at Olympic Qualification Events under strict conditions". 20 December 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2025.